If I had a tv, I would watch it all the time.  I’m watching the US women try to hold on to a victory against Japan, a reprise of the world cup game I watched, alone, on Spanish tv one year ago. I was alone because I’d turned down a family movie outing.  Today, I’ve turned down hours of racquetball so that I can watch a tiny live stream on a sixth of my screen.  That’s why I simply can’t have a tv.  I would drop everything and turn into a couch potato.  We can think of my anti-tv policy as step one of my weight loss plan.  Plus, watching on the computer let’s me have fun with photos.

This photo is of the Beesley’s Point Bridge, in Great Egg Harbor (near Atlantic city).  I took a break from cycling for a few days to go kayaking in and around the salt marshes.  I love the way that kayaking forces me to think of a three-dimensional environment, full of conflicting vectors of movement.  On the other hand, I also find it intimidating.  Structures like this illustrate this best.  The bridge is falling to pieces, with hazard signs between every set of supports.  The current is racing along perpendicular to the bridge, but the wind is pushing at an angle.  This is the only spot boats can pass and I’m awfully slow.  I was much more comfortable once I got through to the other side!

Beesley’s Point Bridge from the water

This is a complicated photo.  I used RAWtherapee to create two different exposure levels and then enfused them with enfuseGUI.  The result was modified slightly in photoshop and then blended with bright and blurred levels aka orton.  The frame is from OnOne